Government & Infrastructure Senior Associate

Privacy Lawyer (In-House) Lancashire | Hybrid Working (2 days office / 3 days home) Are you a qualified lawyer looking to move beyond purely transactional legal work and become a trusted adviser on privacy and data protection within a truly international business? We’re recruiting for an exceptional opportunity with a market-leading organisation that operates across the UK and Europe. This is a chance to take ownership of privacy and data protection matters while working alongside an experienced in-house legal team on complex, commercially significant projects. If you’re passionate about GDPR, privacy compliance and helping shape business decisions, this role offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact. The Role You’ll become the legal lead for data protection and privacy, advising stakeholders across multiple business functions while supporting a broad range of commercial legal matters. Your work will include: * Advising on UK GDPR, PECR and wider privacy legislation. * Drafting and negotiating data processing agreements, data sharing arrangements and privacy clauses. * Supporting DPIAs, data mapping and privacy governance initiatives. * Advising on commercial contracts and wider legal issues affecting the business. * Working closely with operational and product teams to embed privacy by design. * Monitoring legal and regulatory developments across the UK and Europe. * Delivering practical guidance and training to colleagues across the organisation. About You You’ll be a qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with experience gained either in private practice or in-house, ideally including: * Strong expertise in data protection and privacy law. * Experience advising on commercial contracts. * A pragmatic, commercially focused approach to legal advice. * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. * The confidence to work independently while collaborating across the business. You’ll benefit from: * A genuinely interesting and varied international workload. * The opportunity to specialise further in privacy and data protection. * Direct exposure to senior stakeholders and business decision-making. * Flexible hybrid working with two days per week in the Lancashire office. * A supportive, collaborative legal team with excellent work-life balance. If you’re looking for an in-house role where you can develop genuine expertise in privacy law while working for an established, market-leading international business, we’d love to hear from you.